Gun Trusts in Texas

Creating an Estate Plan for Your Firearms in McKinney

Gun Trusts are an excellent way to legally purchase and own a Title II
Firearm (also known as “NFA firearms”). Using a trust to purchase
FRA firearms can expedite the process for purchasing certain regulated
firearms. Under the National Firearms Act and Chapter 46 of the Texas
Penal Code, certain weapons are regulated by the Federal government and
the State of Texas.

Title II or Class III weapons include:

Machine guns – defined in the NFA as a weapon which is designed to shoot automatically
without manual reloading, by a single trigger function

Short-barrel shotguns –a shotgun with a barrel less than 18 inches long

Short-barreled rifles – these are intended to fire one shell or projectile at a time from
a shoulder position. The firearm has a barrel of less than 16 inches in length

Destructive devices – classified as any explosive, incendiary, or poison gas, including
bombs, grenades, rockets, missiles, mines or parts to make such devices,
as well as large bore firearms that are not suitable for sporting purposes

Silencers – a muffler or suppressor or parts intended for use as a silencer

Any Other Weapon (AOW) – a “catch-all” category for concealed firearms other
than a rifled-barrel handgun

Antique firearms – these are excluded if manufactured before 1898 and do not use
conventional ammunition

How Can A Gun Trust Help Me?

A gun trust offers many benefits above just allowing you to legally use
a firearm.

The following are benefits in creating a firearms trust:

Privacy

No fingerprint

No filing fees

No signature from a Chief Law Enforcement Officer

Avoid probate

Creditor protection

Flexible to Federal law changes

No franchise tax

Multiple trustees, allowing more than more person to have legal access
to the firearms

No annual meeting

Expedites purchases

Share items without committing an “accidental felony” by naming
a “lifetime beneficiary”

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